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JACOB HEATHERINGTON, or aannam-OHIO.

Letters Paten-t No.V 74,686, dated February 18, 1868. t.

IMPROVIID EXTENSION GOAL-CHUTE.

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TO ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JACOB. HEATIIERINGTON, of Bellair, in thecounty of'Belmont, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and iinproved Extension Coal-Chute; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, suiiicient to enable those skilled inthe art to which my invention appertains to make use of it, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which the drawing is a perspective view of my invention. v

This invention relates to coal-chutes which are used on the banks of rivers and at Wharves, for discharging coal from cars inte'steainboats and other vessels, and consists in lnaking them extendible in order that they may be adjusted tovessels in different positions and at dilTerent distances from the shore.

In the drawings, A represents the bank of the river, and B represents the position of the vessel which is to take in thc coal. Upon the bank one ormore stout piers C are erected, supporting a strong Wooden horit zontal traine, D.- The' coal is discharged from the cars into a bunker or hopper, E, t'the outer end of the frame, from the Vlower end of which it is fed to the vessel, as fast as it.can be stowed, through a shortxed funnel, F, and a long sliding chute, G. The funnel F is permanently attached to the hopper, and merely conducts the `coal from the latter to the sliding chute. The sliding chute is formed of sections, which may be taken apart so as to make the chute longer or shorter; It has attached to it a long rod or plank, H, running enrollers, hlt, and operated by a rope, I, by which it can be run out from or drawn into the frame D, as far as the position of the vessel may render necessary. Directly above it a sliding beam, J, operated in tlie'same inanner as the plank or rod II, is stationed, the outer end of which supports the outer end of the chute G by means of a tacklcand fall, K', connecting the beam and the chuteat one or more points, as shown in the drawing. Thisl beam runsbaek and forthA on rollers, rr, and may be securely fixed in any 4position by means of a key, L, or other suitable device.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Theeombination ofthe extension plank or rod H, chute G, rollers h h, rr, and extension-beam J', the whole constructed and operating substantially as and for the purpose specified n niark.

JACOB HEATHERINGTON.

Witnesses:

J. '13. SMITH, P. BnArLLY, 

